1970 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 1970 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their 11th season under head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled a perfect 10–0 record, defeated Southwestern Louisiana in the 1970 Grantland Rice Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 396 to 144. The team was also recognized as the 1970 black college national champion and was ranked No. 5 in the final 1970 NCAA College Division football rankings issued by both the Associated Press and United Press International.[1]

1970 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1970 record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumW.J. Hale Stadium
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Tampa      10 1 0
No. 5 Tennessee State      10 0 0
No. 11 Delaware      9 2 0
Hawaii      9 2 0
Northern Michigan      8 2 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan      7 2 1
Akron      7 3 0
Central Michigan      7 3 0
Temple      7 3 0
Drake      7 4 0
Wayne State (MI)      6 2 0
Nevada      6 3 1
Southern Illinois      6 3 0
Portland State      6 4 0
UNLV      6 4 0
Cortland      5 4 0
La Verne      5 4 0
Santa Clara      5 4 1
Colorado College      4 4 0
Drexel      4 4 0
Hofstra      5 5 0
Indiana State      5 5 0
Samford      5 5 0
Sonoma State      4 4 1
Wabash      3 3 2
Saint Mary's      3 4 0
Bucknell      4 6 0
Rose Poly      3 5 1
Northeastern      3 5 0
Lake Forest      3 6 0
Chattanooga      3 8 0
Parsons      2 7 0
Milwaukee      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11vs. Alcorn A&MW 24–1443,772[2]
September 19Kentucky StateW 62–7
September 26at Albany StateNo. 10Albany, GAW 54–7
October 3Texas SouthernNo. 10
  • W.J. Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 41–9
October 10at GramblingNo. 6Grambling, LAW 34–27
October 24at Florida A&MNo. 5W 21–10
October 31SouthernNo. 5
  • W.J. Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 38–7
November 7Morris BrownNo. 6
  • W.J. Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 36–14
November 21vs. Parsons (IA)No. 5W 21–3
November 26BishopNo. 4
  • W.J. Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 39–21
December 12at Southwestern LouisianaNo. 5W 26–2517,000[3]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Tennessee State Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. Mal Florence (September 12, 1970). "Tennessee's Early Thrusts Too Much for Alcorn, 24-14". Los Angeles Times. pp. III-1, III-6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee State Nips USL Ragin' Cajuns". The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana). December 13, 1970. p. 57 via Newspapers.com.
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